International
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NGOs condemn deforestation law delay as EU reaches agreement
BRUSSELS, December 6, 2024 – The European Parliament has reached a provisional agreement to postpone the European Deforestation Regulation [EUDR] by one year to ensure proper implementation amid strong opposition from countries…
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Global tourism set for full recovery by end of the year with spending growing faster than arrivals
MADRID, December 4, 2024 — Around 1.1 billion tourists travelled internationally in the first nine months of 2024, as the global tourism sector recovered 98 percent of pre-pandemic levels. According to the…
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Can we cooperate without communicating?
NEW DELHI, December 3, 2024 – If cooperativism was a country, it would be as big as India. If you lined up 1.2 billion cooperators, the total length of the queue would be…
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IFAD launches guidebook to help Uganda, others achieve agricultural methane reduction
KAMPALA, November 29, 2024 – As global efforts to achieve a 30 percent reduction in methane emissions by 2030 gain traction, the International Fund for Agricultural Development [IFAD] has launched a crucial…
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ICA and Fairtrade International partner to advance sustainable development and cooperative empowerment
NEW DELHI, November 29, 2024 – The International Cooperative Alliance [ ICA ] and Fairtrade International have announced a new Joint Partnership Declaration, marking a commitment to deepen their collaboration in support…
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ICA Global Coop Conference concludes with New Delhi Action Agenda
NEW DELHI, November 27, 2024 – The three-day ICA Global Cooperative Conference, attended by delegates from 107 countries, concluded on Wednesday evening at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The event witnessed a…
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ENCU) advocates for proportional regulatory treatment in Brussels
MADISON, Wis. November 27, 2024—Fourteen representatives of the European Network of Credit Unions [ ENCU ] last week converged in Brussels, Belgium to share the credit union mission with newly elected officials…
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IFFCO boss scoops prestigious 2024 Rochdale Pioneers Award
NEW DELHI, November 27, 2024 — Dr. U.S. Awasthi, Managing Director of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited [ IFFCO ] was honoured with the prestigious 2024 Rochdale Pioneers Award by the…
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WFP requires US$ 16.9bln in 2025 as hunger reaches alarming highs
KAMPALA, November 26, 2024 — The World Food Programme [WFP] has called for some US$ 16.9 billion to address the escalating global hunger crisis, or roughly what the world spends on coffee…
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UCDA registers 170,000 coffee farmers in two weeks in bid to meet EUDR
KAMPALA, November 26, 2024 – Days ago, the Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] reported registering about 170,000 farmers as part of a nationwide initiative to prepare for the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation…
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